The first test between Sri Lanka and Bangladesh ended in a high scoring draw after Sri Lanka declared the first innings on a mammoth 648 for 8 to lead by 107 in a thrust for an improbable win at the Pallekelle international Cricket Stadium on Sunday. With two sessions...

Skipper Dimuth Karunarate and Dhananjaya de Silva transformed the pressure cooker back to the wall 512 deficit scenario into a mighty gold value batting feats with the latter converting his overnight unbeaten 85 where he left yesterday  to a record maiden double...

In a typically resolute captain’s innings, skipper Dimuth Karunaratne’s unbeaten 85 and defiant 58 from Lahiru Thirimanne fronted a spirited 114-run first wicket Sri Lankan fight back, but it was somewhat negated by Bangladesh claiming the wickets of Oshada Fernando...

On a slow moving second day’s play cut short by 90 odd minutes of bad light in the final session saw Bangladesh close on 474 for 4 wickets adding 172 runs off 65 overs with skipper Mominul Haque going on to convert his overnight 64 to three figures – 127 while Najmul...

Bangladesh got off to an ominous start grinding the Sri Lanka bowling attack to the dust piling up 302 for the loss of two wickets fine edged by a brilliant unbeaten on 126 by one drop batsman Najmul Hossain and  Tamim Iqbal who made 90 sharing in a rollicking...